Local ticks likely responsible for Lyme disease in Australia, breakthrough Perth research finds

A national study led by a Perth-based researcher could be one step closer to ending the Lyme disease debate in Australia for good.

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium – borrelia burgdoferi – passed on by ticks.

Prevalent in the United States and parts of Europe, it causes symptoms such as fatigue, muscle pain and various neurological symptoms.

The Government and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) have not recognised the existence of Lyme disease in Australia.

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Ticks are responsible for a lot of things. Best ro avoid being bitten by them.

those symptoms are similar to Ross River Virus… I wonder how many people are ‘diagnosed’ with that instead of lyme disease because of the idea that ‘it doesn’t exist in Australia”

Arts said:

those symptoms are similar to Ross River Virus… I wonder how many people are ‘diagnosed’ with that instead of lyme disease because of the idea that ‘it doesn’t exist in Australia”

Because it doesn’t…

There are some fairly reliable and accurate lab tests for Ross River Virus.

you’d be loco to live right next to ross river

poikilotherm said:

Arts said:

those symptoms are similar to Ross River Virus… I wonder how many people are ‘diagnosed’ with that instead of lyme disease because of the idea that ‘it doesn’t exist in Australia”

Because it doesn’t…

that’s you’ve been trained to say

Arts said:

poikilotherm said:

Arts said:

those symptoms are similar to Ross River Virus… I wonder how many people are ‘diagnosed’ with that instead of lyme disease because of the idea that ‘it doesn’t exist in Australia”

Because it doesn’t…

that’s you’ve been trained to say

Well, I don’t ask much, just some proof ;)

poikilotherm said:

Arts said:

poikilotherm said:

Because it doesn’t…

that’s you’ve been trained to say

Well, I don’t ask much, just some proof ;)

The bacterium doesn’t exist in Australia and even if it did, our ticks are different.
We may have something quite similar to lyme disease but it isn’t the same.

Though everything can change given enough time. Our ticks have changed since we have arrived and brought our own animals.

actually seems to be a lot of division.. among professionals…

Arts said:

actually seems to be a lot of division.. among professionals…

What does matter is that ticks are dangerous. Lyme or not. I met a few tick collectors up the coast who were suffering from things the ticks gave them, like typhus.

Our ticks are definitely different. There is no evidence that Borrelia burgdorferi exists in Australia.

I guess that’s why they want to do more research which is the great thing about science, it doesn’t just write something off as wrong because ‘that’s the way it’s always been’

Arts said:

I guess that’s why they want to do more research which is the great thing about science, it doesn’t just write something off as wrong because ‘that’s the way it’s always been’

Sometimes it was never the way we thought it was.

Arts said:

I guess that’s why they want to do more research which is the great thing about science, it doesn’t just write something off as wrong because ‘that’s the way it’s always been’

You would be surprised just how often that does happen and you don’t have to look very far (no reflection on your good self).

I wonder how much money the ABC spends on its religious department each year?

Time for that money going to science and education

Stop spending money on Fairies and Santa Claus .